Why Can’t I remember?

One of the most frustrating aspects of trauma is the fractured sense of memory that comes along with it. You might be missing large chunks of time. Or maybe you remember what happened, but your memories don’t match other people’s memories of the same event. Trying to reconstruct what happened can feel like putting together a puzzle when some of the pieces are missing. You never see the full picture, which can leave you feeling out of control and powerless.